[TAO] TAO Information Digest

Catherine Britain csbritain at gmail.com
Thu Jul 9 12:48:40 PDT 2015


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​Greetings and welcome to this week's issue of the information digest.
There's a lot of new material for you to see.  Since I sent you an update
on TAO last week, I will begin the digest this week with upcoming events.

​*Upcoming Events:*

1. HRSA webinar: Meeting the Triple Aim with Telehealth
<http://services.choruscall.com/links/hrsa150610.html>, Wednesday, July15,
2015,10 AM PDT

2. CMS webinar: 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
<http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/NPC/National-Provider-Calls-and-Events-Items/2015-07-16-PQRS.html?DLPage=1&DLEntries=10&DLSort=0&DLSortDir=descending>,
July 16, 2015, 10:30 AM

3. National Telehealth Webinar Series - Using Telehealth Technology to
Monitor Tuberculosis Treatment Adherence
<http://www.telehealthresourcecenter.org/events>, Thursday, July
16, 2015, 1:00 PM PDT

4.  Webinar: Telerheumatology Promises and Problems in the 21st Century
<http://www.telemedicine.arizona.edu/distant-education/upcoming-workshops>,
Thursday July 23,2015, 10 am PDT

5.* 2015 ATA Fall Forum
<http://www.americantelemed.org/2015-ata-fall-forum/conference-overview#.VZ6xx_lViko>*,
September 16-18, Washington DC

6. Health 2.0 9th Annual Fall Conference
<http://www.health2con.com/events/conferences/health-2-0-fall-2015/?utm_source=MobiHealthNews>
, October 4-7, 2015, Santa Clara, CA

7.  Oregon Connections Telecommunications Conference
<http://oregonconnections.info/>, October 22-23, 2015, Hood River, OR

8. 32nd Annual Oregon Rural Health Conference
<https://www.ohsu.edu/xd/outreach/oregon-rural-health/about/events/index.cfm?trumbaEmbed=eventid%3D111352645%26view%3Devent%26-childview%3D>,
October 28-30, 2015, Salishan

9. Connected Health Symposium
<http://symposium.connected-health.org/?utm_source=MobiHealthNews>, October
29-30, 2015, Boston, MA

10. Wireless Health 2015
<http://www.wirelesshealth2015.org/?utm_source=MobiHealthNews>, October
14-15, 2015, Bethesda, MD

11. <http://www.mhealthsummit.org/?utm_source=MobiHealthNews>
<http://www.mhealthsummit.org/?utm_source=MobiHealthNews>mHealth Summi
<http://www.mhealthsummit.org/?utm_source=MobiHealthNews>t
<http://www.mhealthsummit.org/?utm_source=MobiHealthNews>, Nov 08 - 11,
2015, Washington, DC

12.  *TAO ANNUAL MEETING and SUMMIT: Telemedicine Everywhere! March 3-4,
2016*


*Interesting Articles:*
1. Eugene-based HIV Alliance creating system to reach remote, rural HIV
patients
 http://klcc.org/post/telehealth-pharmacy-project-helps-rural-hiv-patients
<http://klcc.org/post/telehealth-pharmacy-project-helps-rural-hiv-patients>
 and
http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/33213443-75/eugene-based-hiv-alliance-creating-system-to-reach-remote-rural-hiv-patients.html.csp
One of the Telemedicine grants funded by the Oregon Health Authority.
Great project!

2.Reimbursement Misconceptions Trending in Telehealth Services
http://mhealthintelligence.com/news/reimbursement-misconceptions-trending-in-telehealth-services
TAO is finding this to be the case in Oregon despite the attention received
by SB 144.

3.CMS proposes a few clarifications to its chronic care management billing
code
http://mobihealthnews.com/44983/cms-proposes-a-few-clarifications-to-its-chronic-care-management-billing-code/

4. Caring from a distance: The role of telehealth
http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/specialisms/district-and-community-nursing/caring-from-a-distance-the-role-of-telehealth/5087446.article
Excellent article.
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5. Pediatricians' group set limits on telemedicine
http://mobihealthnews.com/44875/american-academy-of-pediatrics-supports-telemedicine-but-only-if-pcp-led/

6. Congress makes a big telehealth push
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/congress-makes-big-telehealth-push
We'll be tracking HR 2066.

7. Online doctor visits can be easy, but Congress thinks they increase costs
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/online-doctor-visits-can-be-easy-but-congress-thinks-they-increase-costs/2015/06/22/a1d830ce-0eb9-11e5-a0dc-2b6f404ff5cf_story.html

8.Licensure compact moving forward
http://federaltelemedicine.com/?p=3507
A definite TAO policy discussion

9. Why less than 1 percent of Medicare beneficiaries use video visits
http://mobihealthnews.com/44731/why-less-than-1-percent-of-medicare-beneficiaries-use-video-visits/

Back again in two weeks!
Cathy

-- 
Catherine S. Britain, Program Director
Telehealth Alliance of Oregon
csbritain at gmail.com
541-910-7366
www.ortelehealth.org
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